LOS ANGELES -- In its second victory in a week, General Motor's new long-range Chevrolet Bolt electric car was named Thursday as the Green Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

The award, which goes to the new car models deemed most environmentally friendly and technologically advanced, comes only days after Bolt was named Motor Trend Car of the Year. It's also a finalist for the North American Car of the Year, the third of the industry's biggest awards.

Bolt is the first mass-market, fully-electric car. It has a range per charge rated at 238 miles approaching that of a Tesla. Yet the Bolt, in many cases, is about half the price. It will be priced at $37,495 and is due to go on sale by the end of the year.

“There’s been a lot of talk about building an affordable electric car with a 200-mile range that brings electric vehicles to the mainstream, but only one manufacturer has done that, and it’s us,” Chevrolet marketing manager Steve Majoros said.

Bolt is not be confused with the Chevrolet Volt, itself a landmark vehicle as one of the first plug-in hybrids. Volt was Green Car of the Year last year.

teve Majoros, director Chevrolet marketing, poses with the Green Car of the Year Award with Ron Cogan, editor and prublisher of the Green Car.(Photo: Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty Images)

Other than Teslas, which can be bought with batteries good for up to about 300 miles of range, most electric cars have only been able to go about 100 miles or less before they needed to be recharged. That's worked fine for many commuters who follow the same path every day, but was problematic for longer, unexpected trips because batteries generally take so long to charge.

"The new electric Bolt is a breakthrough vehicle," said Ron cogan, publisher of the Green Car Journal, which offers the award. "I have been covering this for 20 years and 'range anxiety' has always been an issue. Suddenly, the Bolt at 238 miles of all electric driving...this car becomes a game changer."

It marks another victory for GM when it comes to electric power, which it pioneered in the 1990s with the Saturn EV1.

“We need to continually reshape people’s perception of Chevrolet,” Majoros said. “Everybody knows Chevrolet has historically been strong in trucks, SUVs and performance cars, but winning Green Car of the Year two years in a row says we’re not the General Motors and Chevrolet people thought they knew.”

The Bolt beat out four other finalists, all of which were plug-ins. They included the Toyota Prius Prime, Kia Optima plug-in, BMW 330e Performance and the plug-in version of the Chrysler Pacific minivan.

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